Will the competitiveness of China's LED manufacturing industry be overtaken by the United States in 2020?1

China, known as the world's manufacturing factory, has always been a leading manufacturing country, accounting for nearly 1/4 of the added value of manufacturing. Cheap labor has always been China's advantage, and this advantage is also helpful for domestic LED lighting enterprises to enter overseas. However, this advantage of China has been weakening in recent years. China, known as the world's manufacturing factory, has always been a leading manufacturing country, accounting for nearly 1/4 of the added value of manufacturing. Cheap labor has always been China's advantage, and this advantage is also helpful for domestic LED lighting enterprises to enter overseas. However, this advantage of China has been weakening in recent years. According to a report jointly released by China Information Technology 100 and Deloitte, China is still a competitive manufacturing country, but it is expected that the United States will overtake China by 2020. According to the forecast analysis, as the manufacturing industry is currently in the stage of transition to sustainability, intelligence and security, the network connected with things (Also known as the Internet of Things) Industry characterized by intelligent products and intelligent factories 4. 0, and advanced materials are all crucial factors for the development of manufacturing competitiveness, which may make American manufacturing return strongly in the next five years. It is estimated that the competitiveness of China's manufacturing industry will be overtaken by the United States in 2020. Under this background, Charlie Szoradi, CEO of Independence LED lighting company, wrote in an article on his blog a few days ago that, in the future, the cost of LED lamps produced by American manufacturers will be lower than that imported from China. He said that the degree of automation of manufacturing production in the United States is very high, which can significantly improve work efficiency and greatly reduce labor costs. At the same time, LED lamps can be designed in a modular way, which can be more cost-effective and integrated with automatic production lines, thus further reducing production costs. Charlie Szoradi further pointed out that American LED lamp enterprises are more competitive in the customized market and have a longer shelf life than Chinese LED lamps, which will become the advantage of the United States to surpass China. He said that since Chinese lamp exporters attach great importance to shipments, it is impossible to carry out customized design and product line development for this purpose. Therefore, it is the advantage of American LED lamp enterprises in the market. at the same time, a longer warranty period will also make customers more willing to choose American LED lamps. Tim Hanley, partner of Deloitte consumer and industrial products, believes that the United States is developing advanced manufacturing technologies, including intelligently interconnected products and factories. At the same time, the United States is also a world in terms of predictive analysis and advanced materials, and these factors are the core competitiveness of the future. In addition to made in the United States 4. With the rapid development of 0, China's rising labor costs, aging population and economic slowdown have also caused China's LED enterprises to gradually lose their advantages. During the ten years since 2005, China's labor cost has increased five times: due to the increase in labor cost, the cost arbitrage between China and developed economies has decreased. companies in some developed economies have moved their production to lower-cost countries or back to their own countries.